File 99-13: E.C. Manning, 1940

This file contains a textual record.

This file contains correspondence between E.C. Manning, Assistant Timber Controller for BC, and H.R. MacMillan, Timber Controller. Records within demonstrate not only the authority of the Timber Controller during wartime, but also the nature of H.R. MacMillan, the man, described by Manning as "inclined to expect the impossible." In a letter dated September 8, 1940 from H.R. to Manning, MacMillan harnesses the authority vested in the Timber Controller to threaten Manning: "I do not feel inclined at the present time to take measures under the authority given me to protect the government’s interest but if it becomes necessary to resort to the authority of the Order-in-Council appointing the Controller, it will be because individuals insist upon exploiting situation, and it was to prevent such exploitation that the government passed the Order-in-Council.” [This marked condemnation of the "exploitation" of governmental measures stands out, as MacMillan in many ways did this himself—benefiting immensely from the dispossession of Japanese Canadians.]

MacMillan, Harvey Reginald created this archive during his time as BC's first Chief Forester and later as founder of H.R. MacMillan Export Company Ltd. and MacMillan-Bloedel Ltd.

The digital copies of the records were acquired by the Landscapes of Injustice Research Collective between 2014 and 2018.

This record was digitized in full.